Peter von Bagh
Kari Peter Conrad von Bagh (29 August 1943 – 17 September 2014) was a Finnish film historian and director. Von Bagh worked as the head of the Finnish Film Archive, editor-in-chief of Filmihullu magazine and co-founder and director of the Midnight Sun Film Festival. From 2001, he was the artistic director of the film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna. Von Bagh was a member of the jury in the competition category of 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Films directed by Bagh have been screened at prestigious international forums, including retrospectives of his filmography at the 2012 Rotterdam International Film Festival, the 2012 Festival Internacional de Cine Independente in Buenos Aires, and the Tromsø International Film Festival in 2013. Bagh's wrote approximately 40 non-fiction books, mostly on cinema, and some 60 films for both the cinemas and television include his internationally successful films Helsinki, Forever (2008) and Sodankylä, Forever (2010–2011), a documentary series of the first twenty-five years of the Midnight Sun Film Festival. He died in 2014 at the age of 71.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · The Dinosaur as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Aki and Peter as Himself
- 2016 · Peter von Bagh as Self
- 2015 · Temples of Dreams as Self
- 2013 · Conversations Between Men as Haastattelija
- 2011 · Suomalaiset ja raha – Rakkaustarina as Narrator
- 2011 · Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family as Reader
- 2010 · Sodankylä Forever as Self
- 2009 · On the Trail of the New Wave as Self
- 2008 · Helsinki, Forever as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · The Man Without a Past as Salvation Army Officer
- 2001 · Aki Kaurismäki as
- 1999 · Juha as Juha's Father
- 1996 · Drifting Clouds as First Customer
- 1991 · Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Aki Kaurismäki as Self
- 1972 · Olavi Virta as Himself / Interviewer (voice)
- 1971 · Kreivi as kertoja / mies tanssipaikalla
- 1970 · Dove non è peccato as Himself